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The maximum amount of Standard Grant is 50$ of the cost incurred
of carrying out the works reasonably required to provide, for the first
time in a house, all or any of the following standard amenities,
subject to the following limitss:-
£
A fixed bath or shower in a bathroom 25
A wash hand basin 5
A hot and cold water supply at a fixed bath or
shower 35
A hot and cold water supply at a wash hand basin 15
A hot and cold water supply at a sink 25
A water closet if practicable in and accessible
from within the dwelling 40
A satisfactory food store 10
Where it is impracticable to provide a bathroom in any way other
than by more extensive works of constructions, the Housing Act, 1964
allows the Council to substitute in the table above a figure higher
than £25 based on half the estimated costs of providing a bath in a
bathroom, subject to an overall upper limit of £350 grant.
The Council must approve a grant provided that the facilities
are for the exclusive use of the occupants of the dwelling; that the
dwelling will be fit for human habitation on completion of the works
and with normal maintenance will be likely to remain so fit for not
less than 15 years 5 and that the applicant has a freehold interest
or leasehold interest of which not less than 15 years remain unexpired,,
Discretionary grants may be given for the conversion of houses and
other buildings into self-contained dwellings and for more comprehensive
works of improvement to bring such dwellings provided or improved
to a modern standard higher than that envisaged for standard grants and
can cover certain classes of improvement other than the standard grant
amenitieso
In the case of discretionary grants, the Council must be satisfied
that the dwelling has an expected life of not less than 30 years
and the grant payable is 50% of the costs of improvement works or
conversion,, subject to a maximum of £400 in respect of each dwelling
provided or improved.
In March 1966 38 Lime Grove, New Maiden,, the house converted by
the Maiden and Coombe Housing Society Ltd., was completed and opened.
This house has accommodation for six single residents and one married
couple in addition to a house mother'3 rooms and was provided by this
progressive voluntary society with grant aid.